Gender & Society features original feminist research and book reviews from diverse social science disciplines. Consistently ranked as a top journal in both Gender Studies and Sociology, the journal has almost 10,000 subscribers, with more than half of those located outside the United States.

There’s a lot of overlap between surgery on intersex infants and female genital mutilation. So why do we view them so differently? By Afshan Jafar (SWS Member) Ms. Jafar is an associate professor of sociology at Connecticut College. View the article…

The SWS Feminist Activism Award, established in 1995, is presented annually to an SWS member who has notably and consistently used sociology to improve conditions for women in society. The award honors outstanding feminist advocacy efforts that embody the…